REG - Phoenix Group Hldgs - Result of AGM

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15/05/2020 12:55

RNS Number : 0884N
  
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC
  
15 May 2020
  
 

LEI: 2138001P49OLAEU33T68
 
Phoenix Group Holdings plc
Results of Annual General Meeting 
15 May 2020
Phoenix Group Holdings plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 15 May 2020 at 1 Wythall Green Way, Wythall, Birmingham, B47 6WG all the proposed resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed. 
 The total number of votes on each resolution is as follows: (Please note that percentage figures are shown to 2 decimal places)  
Annual General Meeting



Description of Resolution


Votes for


Votes against


Votes
withheld*




1. To receive the annual report and accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2019.


568,572,928
(99.99%)


12,503
(0.01%)


422,654




2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2019.


549,297,773
(96.54%)


19,674,360
(3.46%)


35,951




3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration policy.


563,455,466
(99.31%)


3,899,742
(0.69%)


744,467




4. To declare and approve the final dividend of 23.4 pence per ordinary share.


560,260,067
(98.46%)


8,746,015
(1.54%)


1,685




5. To re-elect Alastair Barbour as a director of the Company.


559,435,914
(98.33%)


9,528,370
(1.67%)


43,800




6.  To elect Andy Briggs as a director of the Company.


568,936,649
(99.99%)


38,987
(0.01%)


32,448




7. To re-elect Campbell Fleming as a director of the Company.


568,933,574
(99.99%)


40,689
(0.01%)


31,548




8. To re-elect Karen Green as a director of the Company.


567,883,423
(99.81%)


1,093,113
(0.19%)


31,548




9. To re-elect Nicholas Lyons as a director of the Company.


568,724,111
(99.96%)


252,491
(0.04%)


31,483




10. To re-elect Wendy Mayall as a director of the Company.


568,942,841
(99.99%)


33,695
(0.01%)


31,548




11. To re-elect John Pollock as a director of the Company.


567,889,694
(99.81%)


1,086,842
(0.19%)


31,548




12. To re-elect Belinda Richards as a director of the Company.


557,790,191
(98.03%)


11,186,877
(1.97%)


31,016




13. To re-elect Nicholas Shott as a director of the Company.


567,330,840
(99.81%)


1,093,778
(0.19%)


583,466




14. To re-elect Kory Sorenson as a director of the Company.


567,467,776
(99.76%)


1,369,467
(0.24%)


170,841




15. To elect Rakesh Thakrar as a director of the Company.


568,049,130
(99.84%)


925,950
(0.16%)


33,004




16.  To elect Mike Tumilty as a director the Company.


568,934,759
(99.99%)


39,789
(0.01%)


33,536




17. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors.


561,698,175
(98.72%)


7,286,364
(1.28%)


23,546




18. To authorise the directors to agree the auditor's remuneration.


562,181,959
(98.80%)


6,810,401
(1.20%)


15,725




19. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.


554,063,872
(97.38%)


14,931,900
(2.62%)


12,313




20. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure. 


564,791,699
(99.27%)


4,176,909
(0.73%)


38,076




21.To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emptions rights (Special Resolution)


557,404,056
(99.84%)


891,828
(0.16%)


10,711,605




22. To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or other capital investment (Special Resolution).


555,758,613
(99.54%)


2,543,348
(0.46%)


10,706,124




23. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (Special Resolution).


566,489,912
(99.63%)


2,099,234
(0.37%)


430,085




24. To authorise a 14 day notice period for general meetings (Special Resolution).


559,614,479
(98.35%)


9,384,786
(1.65%)


8,820




 25.  To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company conditional upon the acquisition of ReAssure Group plc.


555,545,133
(97.64%)


13,444,093
(2.36%)


18,859




26.  To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emptions right conditional upon the acquisition of ReAssure Group plc (Special Resolution).


557,924,089
(99.87%)


704,177
(0.13%)


10,379,819




27. To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or other capital investment conditional upon the acquisition of ReAssure Group plc (Special Resolution).


556,230,161
(99.57%)


2,386,754
(0.43%)


10,391,170




28.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares conditional upon the acquisition of ReAssure Group plc (Special Resolution).


566,538,061
(99.64%)


2,021,552
(0.36%)


448,472



 
*   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against the resolution.
 
Enquiries:



Media
Andy Donald and Vikki Kosmalska, Maitland
+44 (0)7738 346460 and +44 (0)7754 943601;
Phoenix-Maitland@maitland.co.uk
 
Shellie Wells, Head of Corporate Communications, Phoenix
+44 (0)7872 414137;
shellie.wells@thephoenixgroup.com
 
 


Investors
Claire Hawkins, Head of Investor Relations, Phoenix Group

+44 (0)20 3735 0575; claire.hawkins@thephoenixgroup.com
 













 


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